Bharat Ratna Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)

76 Pages·2011·1.22 MB·English

Bharat Ratna Dr B.R.
Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)

Contents
Preface 5
Chancellor’s Message 6
Chief Minister’s Message 7
University Logo 8
About the University 9
Structure of AUD 12
School of Undergraduate Studies 13
BA English 14
BA Economics 15
BA History 16
BA Sociology 17
BA Psychology 18
BA Mathematics 19
BA with Social Sciences and Humanities 20
BA with a Dual Major 21
Masters at AUD 22
School of Liberal Studies 23
MA Economics 24
MA English 25
MA Sociology 26
MA History 27
School of Human Studies 28
MA Psychology 28
MA Gender Studies 29
School of Human Ecology 30
MA Environment and Development 30
School of Development Studies 31
MA Development Studies 31
School of Culture and Creative Expressions 32
School of Business, Public Policy and 33
Social Entrepreneurship
MBA 33
School of Law, Governance and Citizenship 34
School of Educational Studies 35
School of Design 36
Centres at AUD 37
Research at AUD 39
People at AUD - Management 43
Faculty 44
Life at AUD 64
Infrastructure 69
Reach AUD 70
Preface
Although Ambedkar University, Delhi is only three years old, there are many
accomplishments that we can truly be proud of. Eight MA programmes, seven BA Honours
programmes, several MPhil and PhD programmes are on offer through five schools
which have been activated. The University has been able to attract a few distinguished
senior professionals and a large number of young and highly talented scholars into its
core faculty. The University has been able to make a mark by institutionalising some
significant innovative practices in curricular design, an interdisciplinary approach, a
versatile assessment system, concurrent appointments of faculty and so on. The first batch
of graduates from our three flagship MA programmes has been well received in the job
market. Notwithstanding these accomplishments, AUD still remains largely a bundle of
possibilities waiting to unfold fully.
The AUD community is conscious of the historic opportunity that it has at hand, which is
to demonstrate that it is possible for a public university committed to research and higher
learning in the social sciences and humanities to bridge concerns of equity and social
justice with quality and excellence, economic growth with social transformation, market
demands with social needs. We are only too aware that the task we are engaged in is not
merely to establish a new institution but to create a new institutional culture – based on
collegiality, engaged scholarship and nurturance of creativity.
Professor Shyam B. Menon
Vice Chancellor
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Chancellor’s Message
Ambedkar University, Delhi has been established with the objective of promoting
excellence in higher education with particular focus on social sciences and humanities.
The University, through teaching-learning, research and engagement with society, offers
a unique platform to develop insights which can benefit the evolution of more inclusive
and innovative public policies.
Within the short span of its existence, the University has shown that it is true to its founding
ideals, and has the clarity of vision and steadfastness of purpose to realize its goals.
It is my expectation that the University will develop to become one of India’s premier
institutions of research and higher learning, committed to the spirit of equality, justice for
all and academic excellence.
Tejendra Khanna
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
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Chief Minister’s Message
We have a vision of transforming Delhi into a major knowledge hub of the world. The
Government of Delhi is determined to make the necessary investment in creating the
infrastructure and the human capital for this transformation to happen in a reasonable
timeframe. Towards this end, we are in the process of establishing additional universities
and centres of higher learning. Each has been conceived purposefully to specialise in an
area of knowledge and professional practice.
Our aim is to demonstrate the possibility of bridging access and quality in higher
education. We want our institutions to pursue the agenda of excellence through their
cutting-edge research and higher learning. At the same time, we want our institutions to
create structures and processes to enable people from the margins to be included in the
pursuit of excellence.
Our vision for Ambedkar University, Delhi takes form essentially from these
considerations.
Sheila Dikshit
Chief Minister of Delhi
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University Logo
The AUD logo has a tree as the central motif. A tree is an organic
system: it is rooted and stands for firmness, poise, dignity, refuge,
wisdom and a yearning to reach out to the sky.
But this tree is not just any tree. sense the tree in the AUD logo is both a
The particular tree in the logo is sign of rootedness and of enlightenment.
a faithful adaptation of the Bodhi Superimposed on the Bodhi tree motif is
tree depicted on a panel in the iconic a stylised version of a diamond shaped
Sanchi Stupa complex, which is considered configuration of the letters A, U and D
an emblematic architecture of Buddhism which takes advantage of their unusual
and dates back to Emperor Asoka’s time. rotation symmetry. Liberation through
The Bodhi tree symbolizes enlightenment. enlightenment is the goal and foundational
The choice of the Bodhi tree as the central ethic of AUD and the logo embodies it
element of the AUD logo is in recognition completely.
of Dr Ambedkar’s own association with
Buddhism as a symbol of liberation. In that
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About the
University
AUD is a public University with a campus-based, unitary structure
with research, postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in
the social sciences and the humanities.
Bharat Ratna Dr B.R. Ambedkar political freedom.”
Vishwavidyalaya, Delhi (Ambedkar
University, Delhi or AUD) was The Vision
established by the Government of the The University aspires to combine equity
NCT of Delhi through an Act of the and social justice with excellence, and to
State Legislature in 2007. The University pioneer an institutional culture of non-
is named after Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the hierarchical functioning, team work and
visionary Indian reformer, who believed in creativity. The University strongly believes
education as the “… right weapon to cut that no knowledge becomes socially
social slavery… (which) will enlighten the productive unless it spreads across society,
downtrodden masses to come up and gain transcending barriers of caste, creed
social status, economic betterment and and class. Only then can teaching and
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learning become liberating undertakings, way losing sight of reaching and striving
contributing to the promotion of equality, towards excellence.
social justice and excellence.
To achieve this goal, the university has
University with a difference underlined a few essential undertakings:
AUD is the only university in this region • Optimally sized class cohorts
to cater exclusively to the study of the • Emphasis on group work, field work and
humanities and the social sciences. In project work (at least 25% of curricular
today’s polarised world, the study of time will be deployed for this )
these streams, we strongly believe, will • Emphasis on self-study
not only play a pivotal role in improving • Two semesters of 16 weeks each and
understanding amongst cultures but also a summer semester for earning extra
transform human experiences into lessons credits, internships and professional
for the future. The University aspires to partnerships.
mould its students into informed and
Assessment
sensitive professionals who will engage
with their social responsibilities and will The purpose of assessment at AUD is
react to the needs of the marginalised to facilitate and promote learning with
sections of our society. The programmes understanding. Assessment will depend
and the structure of the University will on both ‘continuous’ and end-of-
therefore highlight this aspect while in no course performance, but without putting
AUD is the only university in this region
to cater exclusively to the study of the
humanities and the social sciences. In
today’s polarised world, the study of
these streams, we strongly believe, will
not only play a pivotal role in improving
understanding amongst cultures but also
transform human experiences into lessons
for the future.
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